Bio-based Materials and Biotechnologies for Eco-efficient Construction

<p>1. Introduction to bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient construction</p> <p>PART I BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS<br>2. Sustainable carbohydrate-derived building materials<br>3. Biobased Polymers for Mitigating Early- and Late-Age Cracking in Concrete<br>4. Influence of two commercial superplasticizers and a biopolymer on the performance of waste based alkali-activated mortars<br>5. Fire-retardant bioproducts for green buildings<br>6. Properties of bio-asphalt derived from castor oil</p> <p>PART II BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY<br>7. Building insulation materials based on agricultural wastes<br>8. Bio-based insulation materials performance in an old building envelope system<br>9. Tilia sp.’s pruning residues wood panels for thermal insulation<br>10. Properties of clayey plasters with olive fibers<br>11. Thermal insulation biomaterial base on Hydrangea macrophylla<br>12. Bio-based phase change materials<br>13. Building integrated photobioreactor</p> <p>PART III BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS<br>14. Biotechnology for soil decontamination<br>15. Botanical biofiltration for reducing indoor air pollution<br>16. Cellulose-TiO2 composites for the removal of water pollutants<br>17. Environmental safety of biotechnological materials and processes<br>18. Biotechnology for immobilization of chemical, biological and radioactive pollutants on land and infrastructure demolition waste after industrial accident or terroristic attack</p>